Pakistan and Afghanistan to Launch Luxury Bus Service
Pakistan has decided to start a luxury bus service for land travel with Afghanistan, where an international bus terminal will be established at the Torkham border for customs and immigration clearance for passengers and goods.
Sources say that matters have been settled between Pakistan’s Mosul Ministry and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Communications and there is an agreement in principle to start the bus service regularly, for which Pakistan and Afghanistan will soon complete the arrangements within their respective borders.
Sources say that the decision to start a bus service for land travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan was taken because of the difficulties in air travel between the two countries as there have been difficulties in air travel since the establishment of the Taliban government. in mind, this decision was made in the meeting of Afghanistan International Coordination Cell which was established to solve problems and issues between the two countries.
A luxury bus service will be started from Peshawar to Jalalabad for land travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan, for which issues have been settled between Pakistan’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Communications.
According to the notification, customs clearance and immigration of passengers and their luggage traveling on a luxury bus starting from Peshawar to Jalalabad will be done at this international bus service terminal to be established at the designated place .
Officials of the Ministry of Communications say that a bus service containing fifteen to twenty seats will be started initially from Peshawar to Jalalabad, the Afghan authorities are finalizing the arrangements for this bus service on their side. for, and under that Jalalabad International Bus a service terminal is being established in Afghanistan and the Afghan authorities will be responsible for the security of the bus service and passenger luggage in Afghanistan.
Officials say that according to the decision made in the Afghanistan International Coordination Cell meeting, Pakistan is going to make arrangements for this bus service on its side and according to this, a terminal for international bus services is being established at the Torkham border.
At this international bus service terminal, a special checking area with modern facilities and equipment will be constructed for checking passengers and their luggage coming and going between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Initially, one bus will be operated with 15 to 20 seats, after which it will be increased.